Trail stop



D. A. GURNEY TRAIL STOP Filed May 19 1922 Patented July 17, 1923.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAYTON A. GURNEY, OF CARD, MICHIGAN.

TRAIL STOP.

Application filed May 19, 1922.

Serial No. 562,239.

T aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAYTON A. GURNEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Caro, in the county of Tuscola and State of Michigan, have invented an Improvement in Trail Stops, of which the following is a specification.

The invention described herein may be used by the Government, or any of its oflicers or employees in prosecution of work for the Government, or by any other person in the United States, without payment to me of any royalty thereon.

The subject of this invention is a trail stop intended for use on gun carriages.

The main object of the invention is the provision of a stop which will limit the opening between the trails in a split trail carriage, when in; battery, and which will permit of the trails being brought together when the carriage is limbered.

\Vith these and other objects in View, my invention resides in the novel arrangement and combination of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

A practical embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein is shown a rear elevation of a gun carriage constructed in accordance with the invention.

Referring to the drawing by numerals of reference:

In carrying out my invention I provide wheels 10 mounted on an axle 11, which axle carries a top carriage 12 having a center pin 13 on the head of which is secured a bearing ring 1 1. A pair of trails 15 are pivotally connected, as at 16, to the top carriage or axle, as the case may be, and each trail is provided on its inner face with an eye socket 17. Connected to a rigid part of the gun carriage. specifically the ring 14, and each eye socket 17 is a flexible connector, such as a cable 18, of suitable length to permit the trails to be swung apart to the desired degree. As will be readily understood, the connectors 18 being flexible, the trails may be swung toward each other when the carriage is to be limbered.

I claim:

The combination with a gun carriage, including an axle, a top carriage mounted on the axle, a center pin carried by the top carriage, a bearing ring mounted on the pin, and a pivotally mounted pair of trails, of a flexible connection between each trail and the bearing ring.

DAYTON A, GURNEY. 

